Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Canterbury · Region: South East
Explore Bishopstone, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Bishopstone map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bishopstone, Kent, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Bishopstone |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Canterbury |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.370828 |
| Longitude | 1.168863 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Bishopstone watches the grey expanse of the North Sea from the quiet elevation of the Kentish coast. It lies 1.8 miles east of Herne Bay (from Herne Bay: bearing 91°T, OS grid TR 206 682), and is situated north-east of Broomfield village. Salt-laden winds scour the chalky earth here, where the land meets the water with an abrupt and crumbling finality. A short stroll north-north-east leads one into the verdant depths of Bishopstone Glen, a sheltered hollow where the light filters through canopy leaves in pale, shifting ribbons. This landscape preserves the austerity of the shoreline, while the nearby Reculver Country Park stretches eastward to hold the ancient, ruined towers of an abbey against the horizon. Bishopstone remains a place of sparse, open horizons where the sky claims a greater portion of the view than the solid ground itself. The air tastes of brine and wet stone, carrying the heavy, rhythmic pulse of the tide that slowly reshapes the cliffs below. Each house in Bishopstone feels anchored against the persistent breeze, standing as a plain witness to the changing seasons of the channel.
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Explore Bishopstone, Kent, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.370828, 1.168863. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |